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Les Hay Babies “Tintamarre”

November 18, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
A bit Lost in Translation and Transit. The Acadian trio Les Hay Babies are releasing their fourth studio album following ‘Boît aux lettres’ (Mailbox) in 2020. An indie folk trio, women of New Brunswick origin, comprising […]
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Grayson Capps “Heartbreak, Misery And Death”

November 15, 2024 Tony Burke 0
Grayson Capps delves deep into classic covers and ‘Old Weird America’. Hailing from Alabama, Grayson Capps started his musical career at Tulane University forming  The House Levellers and later a blues band Stavin’ Chain – who […]
Album Reviews

Hank Dogs “Fiveways”

November 15, 2024 Paul Russell 0
Timely release of long lost album from revered folk trio. No pressure then. You’re a budding modern folk act starting your career in the mid-nineties – three musicians hoping for the best. Then suddenly your music […]
Book Reviews

Book review: Oliver Gray “Austin Healing – Cautionary Tales From 20 Years Of SXSW”

November 14, 2024 Paul Kerr 1
Oliver Gray should be known to AUK readers as our regular Austin correspondent having reviewed the annual SXSW Festival for us over several years. He is, of course, not an Austinite, nor even American. He is […]
Album Reviews

Chris Acker “Famous Lunch”

November 14, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0
Humourous and touching perspectives on life’s fleeting and provocative banalities. In 2014, Chris Acker left his childhood home of Seattle in Washington State to hitchhike to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Since then, he’s worked as […]

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Winter Stanley “Long Division” – carry the residual, man, carry the residual

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The latest AUK podcast is now available featuring Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reid and Jason McNiff

September 11, 2026 0
Another packed show with two more fabulous guests. First up, Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reid, whose album Getting There is out today, followed by AUK favourite Jason McNiff, whose Ten Blue Songs came out a couple of weeks […]
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Winter Stanley “Long Division” – carry the residual, man, carry the residual

September 11, 2026 0
We have to be honest with you, even if that wasn’t a good song we might well have featured it anyway – and long time readers can probably guess as to why that might be.  I […]
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Video: Amy Speace “Days of Letting Go” – from a poem to a song to a poem

September 11, 2026 0
The combination of beautifully poetic spoken word and pure, melodic singing in Amy Speace’s Days of Letting Go is utterly absorbing. Speace has just released a poetry collection, The Cardinals, along with this gorgeous accompanying single. […]

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  • Winter Stanley “Long Division” – carry the residual, man, carry the residual
  • Video: Amy Speace “Days of Letting Go” – from a poem to a song to a poem
  • Fruition “Something More”
  • Americana Stories – John Jenkins “Just One of Those Nights”
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

August 24, 2026 1
It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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